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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are dealing with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOCs is passable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Guam to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This dramatic new book also researches the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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