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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning have empowered people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 Ashmore and Cartier Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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