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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes 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 institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Scientists want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This interesting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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