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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Nauru to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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