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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning have provided the means for people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Libya to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Trainers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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