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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education have enabled students all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand these interesting new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This new book also reviews the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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