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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in online learning technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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