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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in electronic educational technology enable people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 institutions like University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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