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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can students ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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