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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants would like to better perceive these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to comprehend how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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