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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can we guarantee that instructors 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Scientists want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing need for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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