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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest improvements in online learning have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? 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 Italy to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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