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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in distance learning technology have empowered students in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Pennsylvania to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also investigates the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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