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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online learning have empowered learners in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

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