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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning have empowered learners all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants would like to better grasp these new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This sensational new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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