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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in elearning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to attend to now that distance learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants be assured that educators 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? How can educators manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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