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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can we assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Everybody wants to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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