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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in digital education technology are empowering humans in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that learning technology institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 Iran to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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