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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we certify 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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