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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in distance learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so swiftly. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of these MOOCs is respectable? How can students be assured that educators 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these important new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this crescive need for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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