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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this crescive desideratum for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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