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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in learning technology are empowering students in nations all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed 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 assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this desire for information the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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