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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent evolvements in blended learning technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses online. These MOOC courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that distance learning institutions are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we ensure 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 institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these intriguing new open education ventures. Public servants want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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