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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants certify that the quality of these MOOC courses is all right? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like Solomon Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding necessity to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also researches the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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