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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in elearning technology make it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers deal with low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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