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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants ensure that educators 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to comprehend how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this increasing need for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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