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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in digital education technology have made it possible for humans all around the world to be participants in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 institutions like Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Educators want to perceive how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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