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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? 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 France to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open educational ventures. Students want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desire for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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