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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advancements in blended learning technology have empowered people all around the world to take online courses. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can organizations make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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