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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching 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 Iceland to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these new open education ventures. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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