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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle problems like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open educational ventures. Academics want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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