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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in elearning are providing the means for learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we ensure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can learners make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also investigates the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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