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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in distance learning technology make it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOC classes are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to better understand these significant new open education ventures. Everyone wants to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desideratum for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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