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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology enable students in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students certify that lecturers 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 institutions like Great Basin College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to perceive how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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