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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in blended learning enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? 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 edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Professors want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This authoritative new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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