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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that online learning organizations are struggling with today because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders certify that the training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like FutureLearn to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education undertakings. Everyone wants to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing need for knowledge the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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