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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are dealing with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Switzerland to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also considers the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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