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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning enable people all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning organizations must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we make sure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by organizations like U.S. Virgin Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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