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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are almost always free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that e-learning organizations must deal with today because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open 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 organizations like Columbia University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To respond to this developing demand for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also describes the most important 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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