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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern developments in blended learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that distance learning organizations are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to gain an understanding of how massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This exciting new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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