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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in distance learning technology are empowering humans all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Khan Academy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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