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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates topics regarding open education resources and massively open online courses. New gains in digital education technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This inspiring new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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