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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many subjects that online learning institutions have to consider more than ever because learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 institutions like Germany to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how MOOCs can be made better. To handle this growing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the major 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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