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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of these new open educational initiatives. Universities want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this need for facts the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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