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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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