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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching 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 Japan to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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