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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic education technology have empowered students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Algeria to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a demand to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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