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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in electronic educational technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. MOOCs are typically free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational initiatives. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This inspiring new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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