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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in electronic education technology make it possible for learners all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that elearning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses 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 organizations like Wellesley College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we deal with inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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