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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of these MOOCs is adequate? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? 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 organizations like Iraq to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational endeavours. Academics want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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