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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? 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 organizations like The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also describes the major 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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