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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in online education technology have enabled students all over the world to take classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 Canada to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Intellectuals want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To meet this desideratum for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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