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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled learners in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. MOOCs are commonly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand these exciting new open education experiments. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also analyzes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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