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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are usually free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage problems like low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desideratum to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to better understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this developing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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