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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? 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 Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these promising new open educational experiments. Educators want to understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also addresses the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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