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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in online education are enabling people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations make sure 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 strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these exciting new open education ventures. Instructors want to better understand how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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