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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in elearning are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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