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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all around the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to better understand these open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also examines the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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