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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take online courses. These MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online education institutions are dealing with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants ensure that teachers 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 models are being used by organizations like Brazil to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desideratum for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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