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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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