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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are enabling humans all over the world to be participants in classes online. These MOOC courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. There are numerous topics that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers assure that the quality control for these MOOCs is passable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach 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 Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants want to understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also addresses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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