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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many subjects that online learning institutions are having to consider today because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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