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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 Australia to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants manage issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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