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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality control for these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Professors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this growing need for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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