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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in distance learning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 University of Minnesota to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This gripping new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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