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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in e-learning make it possible for students in nations all aver the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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