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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest evolvements in blended learning have enabled people in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online education organizations have to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more available there is a demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open education ventures. Academics want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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