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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Scottsdale Community College to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Instructors want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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