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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in e-learning enable students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes 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 United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Trainers want to understand how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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