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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online learning technology are enabling people in every nation on earth to participate in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online education organizations have to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can stakeholders guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these promising new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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