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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in e-learning technology are enabling people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 Croatia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants would like to better grasp these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desire for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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