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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can organizations guarantee that instructors 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 Palau to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of these important new open education experiments. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also examines 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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