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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These MOOC courses are usually free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 Germany to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle issues like low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scholars want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this desire for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This sensational new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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