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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning are enabling learners in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that teachers 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 University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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