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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in distance learning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning organizations are having to attend to now that technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Academics want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This sensational new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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