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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest improvements in distance learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 Yale University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Lecturers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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