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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in elearning technology are empowering people in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach 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 Israel to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key 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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