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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in courses online. These massive open online courses are mostly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? This open education book offers guidelines for others hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning experience. How can organizations be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 institutions like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This exciting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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