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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions must deal with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Berklee College of Music to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Lecturers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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