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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in e-learning enable people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations 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 business models are being used by institutions like Ross Dependency to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these significant new open education experiments. Students want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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