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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? 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 organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding need for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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