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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in elearning have provided the means for students all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOCs is decent? How can learners certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive 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 South Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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