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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online education have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online classes. These MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of subjects that elearning institutions are having to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational ventures. Universities want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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