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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in online learning technology have empowered learners in every nation on earth to take courses online. MOOC classes are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers 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 models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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