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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that elearning organizations are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that instructors 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 models are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive need for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This sensational new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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