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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education technology have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these compelling new open education experiments. Academics want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desideratum for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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