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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that distance learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations ensure that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by institutions like Wesleyan University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these exciting new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desire for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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