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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in blended learning technology have empowered students all over the world to be participants in online courses. MOOCs are mostly free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to attend to now that blended learning technology is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators 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 strategies are being used by organizations like University of Colorado Boulder to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education initiatives. Trainers want to perceive how MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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