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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Brand new advances in elearning have provided the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that elearning organizations are having to deal with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers make sure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? 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 Boston University to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better perceive these intriguing new open education experiments. Lecturers want to grasp how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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