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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online education technology have provided the means for learners in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to now that learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This sensational new book also considers the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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