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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in elearning are empowering humans all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers 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 different business models are being used by organizations like University of South Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Students want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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