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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues regarding open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new changes in blended learning technology have empowered students all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can institutions ensure 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 different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Everybody wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education issues. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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