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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in e-learning enable humans in every nation on earth to take online classes. Massively open online courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with now that blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders ensure that educators 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 United Kingdom to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better grasp these exciting new open educational ventures. Public servants want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding desire for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This thrilling new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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