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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This inspiring new book also deals with the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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