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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in online education have provided the means for people all around the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology institutions must deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like University of Maryland, College Park to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a growing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this developing desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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