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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are empowering learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations have to deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, San Diego to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding need for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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