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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in blended learning have enabled humans all over the world to take part in courses online. Massive open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning organizations are having to struggle with now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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