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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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