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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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