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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advancements in online learning enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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