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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in online learning technology have empowered people in all parts of the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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