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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better grasp these promising new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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