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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that instructors 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 models are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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