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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in online learning technology have enabled students all around the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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