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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in electronic educational technology are making it possible for students in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 organizations like Facebook to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this desire for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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