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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in online learning technology are enabling humans in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like MOOEC to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing need for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also explores 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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