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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in online education are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that educators 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 Christmas Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these compelling new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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