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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online education technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Educators want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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