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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in courses online. MOOCs are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the quality of these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Syria to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these intriguing new open education initiatives. Professors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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