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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning are providing the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. There are many topics that online learning technology organizations have to consider more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This new book also examines the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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