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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning organizations must deal with today because elearning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can participants be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can learners assure that lecturers 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 strategies are being used by organizations like Arizona State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders want to better perceive these promising new open educational experiments. Professors want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also talks about the major controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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