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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are empowering students all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 institutions like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this growing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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