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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in online education have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning technology institutions are dealing with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Norway to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these new open education experiments. Universities want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education topics. This exciting new book also deals with the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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