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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in distance learning have provided the means for humans all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? 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 Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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