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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in electronic education technology are enabling people in nations all aver the world to take online classes. MOOC classes are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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