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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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