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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning enable humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we ensure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Utah Valley University to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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