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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in online learning technology enable learners all over the world to take online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online education organizations are dealing with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is passable? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 Estonia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can organizations handle low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to understand these significant new open education experiments. Students want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this growing need for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also analyzes the major 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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