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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning are empowering humans all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive 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 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 the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these open educational initiatives. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this expanding demand for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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