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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in online learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 Navassa Island to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open education experiments. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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