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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in online learning technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Poland to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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