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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning enable humans all around the world to take online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Students want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This stimulating new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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