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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in distance learning are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Marshall Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and numerous other participants want to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Scientists want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this increasing need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education topics. This definitive new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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