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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for learners all over the world to participate in courses online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. Massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Indonesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a expanding need to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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