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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in elearning are enabling people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing need for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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