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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in elearning are providing the means for learners in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified 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 edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing demand for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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