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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning have made it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOCs are almost always free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is respectable? How can stakeholders be assured 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 strategies are being used by institutions like iversity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants desire to understand these new open educational experiments. Scholars want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this growing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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