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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advancements in blended learning technology are empowering people all around the world to be participants in online classes. MOOC classes are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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