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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning are empowering learners all around the world to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that elearning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations certify that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing demand to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these new open education initiatives. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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