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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in distance learning are providing the means for humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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