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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? How can we deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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