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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are almost always free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can institutions certify that instructors 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 different strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders need to be more aware of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this growing demand for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also reviews the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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