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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning technology make it possible for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC classes are almost always free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that elearning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can educators get a handle on poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding demand for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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