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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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