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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in learning technology enable learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations assure 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 Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage poor motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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