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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in online learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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