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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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