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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New improvements in elearning have empowered students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can educators certify that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is adequate? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like British Antarctic Territory to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desire to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Everyone wants to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this crescive desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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