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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning technology are making it possible for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning technology organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers 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 different business models are being used by organizations like Midway Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Teachers want to perceive how MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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