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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are enabling humans all over the world to take part in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desire for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also articulates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

MOOCS And Open Educational Resources