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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning enable people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with today because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure 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 strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp these interesting new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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