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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in elearning have made it possible for humans all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education organizations have to struggle with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee 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 strategies are being used by institutions like American Samoa to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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