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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in digital education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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