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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in e-learning are empowering students all over the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology organizations are struggling with today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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