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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in e-learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors 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 strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Students want to perceive how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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