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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in electronic educational technology have enabled learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These massive open courses are free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that distance learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can organizations certify that instructors 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 Panama to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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