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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are several issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that educators 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 business models are being used by organizations like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better comprehend these significant new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this need for details the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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