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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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