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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in distance learning are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that blended learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC 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 organizations like openHPI to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders manage low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This inspiring new book also discusses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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