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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in electronic education technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that elearning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can participants ensure that the training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 organizations like Montenegro to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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