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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Recent advancements in blended learning have empowered people in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are several issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open education initiatives. Educators want to know how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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