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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in technology-enhanced learning are enabling learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are a variety of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the training provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that educators 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Santa Cruz to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. People want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also describes the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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