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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new evolvements in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can participants make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by institutions like Saint Barthelemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Professors want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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