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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in elearning technology are enabling people all over the world to take part in courses online. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions be assured that educators 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 business strategies are being used by organizations like Princeton University to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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