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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online education technology enable people in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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