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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new developments in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in courses online. These online MOOC courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open education ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource topics. This dramatic new book also talks about the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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