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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? 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 Argentina to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand these compelling new open education undertakings. Trainers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also articulates the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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