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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in online education technology are enabling humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scholars want to know how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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