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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in online education technology have made it possible for humans all over the world to take classes online. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can learners assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing necessity to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Lecturers want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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