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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have provided the means for people all over 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 MOOCs are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching 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 Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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