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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in e-learning technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning institutions are struggling with now that elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also deals with the major 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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