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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in elearning technology have provided the means for people in nations all aver the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology institutions have to consider more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this desideratum for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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