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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions are struggling with now that online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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