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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in blended learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online 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 organizations like California Institute of the Arts to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Professors want to know how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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