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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions have to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like India to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to perceive how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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