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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in elearning have enabled people all over the world to be participants in courses online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that learning technology institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can organizations be assured that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed 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 University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants want to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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