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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in e-learning are making it possible for learners all over the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these exciting new open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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