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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these exciting new open educational undertakings. Academics want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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