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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in elearning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning technology institutions are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we guarantee 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 business models are being used by organizations like El Salvador to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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