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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we certify 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing need for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This sensational new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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