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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to take part in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open 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 organizations like Martinique to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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