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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Romania to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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