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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Brand new improvements in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is all right? How can participants be assured that teachers 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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