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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in learning technology have enabled learners in nations all aver the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers make sure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can participants certify 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Marquette University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open education ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this developing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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