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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in blended learning technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are typically free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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