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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in technology-enhanced learning are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Marquette University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these promising new open education initiatives. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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