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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to take online classes. These massive open online courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that elearning organizations are struggling with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 Iceland to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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