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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations be assured that teachers 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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