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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning institutions are considering more than ever because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Case Western Reserve University to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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