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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all aver the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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