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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in online education are enabling students all around the world to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that blended learning institutions are having to consider today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like One Month to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this developing desire for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This scholarly new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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