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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in digital education technology have empowered humans all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that distance learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can we assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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