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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? 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 institutions like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational endeavours. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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