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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Scientists want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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