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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern changes in online education technology have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Jordan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also explores the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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