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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning technology are providing the means for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that instructors 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 strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a necessity to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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