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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Researchers want to know how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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