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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern advances in elearning are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in courses online. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that distance learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to better comprehend these important new open education initiatives. Instructors want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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