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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advancements in elearning enable students all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can participants ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Ecuador to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational experiments. Teachers want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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