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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in electronic education technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to participate in online courses. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that elearning organizations must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational endeavours. People want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This authoritative new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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