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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Clipperton Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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