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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning enable people in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 University of Pennsylvania to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this crescive demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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