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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in electronic education technology are enabling students all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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