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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest gains in online education technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to know how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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