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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are making it possible for learners all around the world to take courses online. MOOCs are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of subjects that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that instructors 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 business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing demand for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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