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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New advances in digital education technology enable humans all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders certify 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 different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to understand these new open educational ventures. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this growing desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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