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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology have empowered students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that online learning organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach 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 institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants need to better perceive these exciting new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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