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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New developments in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that e-learning institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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