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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by institutions like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions get a handle on low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a developing need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing need for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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