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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in elearning technology are providing the means for humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online education institutions are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and many other participants desire to better grasp these open education experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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