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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in e-learning have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these open education initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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