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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in online learning are enabling students all over the world to take online classes. These massive online courses are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we make sure that teachers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open education experiments. Educators want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also talks about the key controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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