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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is respectable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 institutions like Afghanistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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