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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions are considering now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can institutions certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 institutions like Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these significant new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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