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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning technology institutions are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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