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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in elearning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that instructors 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Austria to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational ventures. Scholars want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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