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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in distance learning technology have empowered people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning organizations are considering now that elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 Dominican Republic to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. People want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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