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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in elearning technology are enabling people all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOCs are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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