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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open 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 Khan Academy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions manage inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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