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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in online education technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations must deal with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching 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 organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this expanding demand for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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