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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online education organizations are having to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that instructors 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Jordan to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a growing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants want to better understand these interesting new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also describes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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