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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic educational technology are enabling students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are considering more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 institutions like Romania to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desire to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Public servants want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also describes the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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