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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions are struggling with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online 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 institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open educational experiments. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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