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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in blended learning are empowering students all over the world to participate in online courses. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that e-learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? 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 institutions like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also explores the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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