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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC courses are typically free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed 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 business models are being used by institutions like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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