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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology are enabling humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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