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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in electronic educational technology are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These online MOOC courses are normally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that online education organizations have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Davidson College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational undertakings. Instructors want to understand how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This sensational new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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