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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled people all over the world to take classes online. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to comprehend how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing need for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also studies the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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