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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent gains in online education have enabled people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to attend to now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these fascinating new open educational endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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