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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions are dealing with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Scholars want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for knowledge the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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