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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that distance learning organizations have to consider today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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