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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in e-learning technology are enabling students in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Svalbard to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more abundant there is a desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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