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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all aver the world to take online courses. These massive online courses are generally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that online learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education ventures. Students want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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