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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that distance learning organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants be assured that the quality control for these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Meetup to conduct these MOOCs? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Universities want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This dramatic new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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