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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are empowering learners all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous topics that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach 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 institutions like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education undertakings. Professors want to know how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This exciting new book also studies the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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