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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in technology-enhanced learning have empowered humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like United Kingdom to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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