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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in online learning have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations have to consider now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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