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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning are making it possible for humans in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that e-learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This exciting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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