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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that elearning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle problems like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. People want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource topics. This exciting new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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