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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in electronic education technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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