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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have made it possible for learners in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also talks about the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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