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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in blended learning technology have enabled students in nations all aver the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality control for these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions ensure 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Bhutan to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants want to gain more knowledge about these promising new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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