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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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