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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are generally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that e-learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Tumblr to conduct these MOOCs? How can teachers manage poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to better understand these compelling new open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This amazing new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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