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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in technology-enhanced learning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online education institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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