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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in online education technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Somalia to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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