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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in blended learning technology make it possible for learners all over the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to consider now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 Luxembourg to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle problems like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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