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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in blended learning technology make it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified 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 strategies are being used by institutions like UCSF to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this expanding desire for information the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This amazing new book also discusses the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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