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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. People want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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