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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in elearning have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like San Diego County Office of Education to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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