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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New developments in elearning technology are empowering people all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Otis College of Art and Design to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental 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 institutions deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Trainers want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also addresses the controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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