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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology are enabling learners all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are generally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Academics want to know how MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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