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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in e-learning have enabled learners all over the world to take online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are struggling with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOC classes? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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