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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest evolvements in elearning are making it possible for people all over the world to take classes online. MOOC courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach 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 University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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