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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take online classes. These MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that learning technology organizations are dealing with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? 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 Portugal to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more available there is a desire to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this growing demand for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This scholarly new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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