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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern developments in e-learning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can educators assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to be aware of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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