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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in distance learning have made it possible for humans in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because online learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations assure that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants make sure that teachers 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 business models are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing need to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these important new open education undertakings. Instructors want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this expanding desideratum for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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