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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations assure that instructors 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational initiatives. Trainers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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