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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online education are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions manage problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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