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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education enable learners in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with now that e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers make sure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively 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 massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators get a handle on low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more available there is a developing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of these important new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this crescive desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also considers the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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