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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners be assured 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 strategies are being used by institutions like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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