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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic education technology have enabled students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online education institutions have to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education experiments. Students want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this expanding need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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