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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advancements in distance learning technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC 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 French Southern and Antarctic Lands to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing demand to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these compelling new open education initiatives. Teachers want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also studies the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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