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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Emory University to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to understand these significant new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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