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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New changes in blended learning have made it possible for learners all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous subjects that online learning institutions have to struggle with today because learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC 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 Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better grasp these promising new open education experiments. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this growing demand for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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