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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in distance learning enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. Massively open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Belize to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Public servants and many other participants would like to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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