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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have empowered students in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations are considering today because online education technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can organizations assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC 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 Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to understand these open educational initiatives. People want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desideratum for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This intriguing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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