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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders want to better comprehend these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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