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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Scholars want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this increasing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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