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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to take online courses. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like China, Republic of (Taiwan) to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Educators want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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