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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning enable humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Micronesia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these significant new open education endeavours. Academics want to better understand how these MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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