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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in digital education technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to participate in online courses. MOOC classes are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants desire to better understand these new open educational ventures. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this desideratum for knowledge the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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