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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in e-learning have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 Curtis Institute of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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