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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in classes online. MOOC courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online 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 Stanford University to conduct these massively open online courses? How can participants deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Academics want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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