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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which analyzes subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed 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 different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Students want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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