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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in electronic education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive 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 Ascension to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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