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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are normally free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that elearning organizations have to struggle with today because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can institutions make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational endeavours. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To meet this increasing demand for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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