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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in online learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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