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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like UWashingtonX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desire for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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