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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern changes in e-learning have made it possible for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This new book also describes the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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