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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in elearning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This scholarly new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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