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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in digital education technology enable humans all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 institutions like Brown University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better grasp these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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