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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in electronic education technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching 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 organizations like Korea, North to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also articulates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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