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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online learning technology institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we certify that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? 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 United States to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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