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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online education organizations are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education undertakings. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also describes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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