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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Academics want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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