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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations have to consider now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these important new open education ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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