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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. MOOCs are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these compelling new open educational ventures. Corporations want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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