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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify 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 business models are being used by institutions like Macedonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these promising new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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