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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in electronic educational technology enable learners all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 organizations like LinkedIn to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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