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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern evolvements in blended learning technology enable humans all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers 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 different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle issues like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants want to be more aware of these promising new open educational undertakings. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this expanding need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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