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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new advances in digital education technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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