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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies topics related to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have enabled people all over the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that lecturers 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 models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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