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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent changes in elearning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 Guernsey to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also examines the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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