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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in online education technology are making it possible for students all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are several subjects that learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Djibouti to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants want to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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