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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational endeavours. Educators want to understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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