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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These online MOOCs are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like British Sovereign Base Areas to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Universities want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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