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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in elearning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with today because learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Elidaemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This inspiring new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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