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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Brown University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desideratum for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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