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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology enable learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Researchers want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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