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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in digital education technology have made it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning technology institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? 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 edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding demand for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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