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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are enabling learners in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions are dealing with today because online education technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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