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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education technology enable humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better comprehend these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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