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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews topics having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses. New developments in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed 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 organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and many other participants need to better understand these exciting new open educational ventures. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This interesting new book also examines the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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