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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online learning technology make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are many topics that elearning organizations are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Kyrgyzstan to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to be more aware of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also explores the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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