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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we manage issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders would like to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing need for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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