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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 University of Pittsburgh to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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