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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to be participants in courses online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and many other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Everybody wants to comprehend how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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