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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? 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 institutions like Canada to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open educational initiatives. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this developing desire for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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