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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent gains in e-learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning institutions are considering in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders desire to better grasp the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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