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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in learning technology have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. MOOC classes are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that distance learning organizations are struggling with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can participants assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a growing need to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To meet this developing demand for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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