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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners make sure that instructors 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 strategies are being used by institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage problems like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand these compelling new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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