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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Universities want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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