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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest changes in learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is good? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can participants deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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