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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in elearning technology are enabling students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Faroe Islands to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a developing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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