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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics related to open education resources and massive open online courses. New changes in electronic educational technology are empowering learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. 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. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education issues. This exciting new book also studies 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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