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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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