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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning have enabled people all over the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are typically free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are having to deal with now that blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 organizations like McHenry County College to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this growing desideratum for information the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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