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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in blended learning technology have empowered people in nations all around the world to be participants in online courses. These online MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? 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 organizations like Namibia to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these important new open educational experiments. Researchers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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