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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in digital education technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to take courses online. These massive online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? 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 Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants need to understand these new open education endeavours. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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