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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern developments in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by institutions like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a need to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This interesting new book also describes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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