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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning technology have made it possible for learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that educators 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like MOOEC to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these promising new open educational ventures. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also studies the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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