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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are having to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like Wellesley College to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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