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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in online learning technology have made it possible for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can participants make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business models are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators handle low motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better grasp these open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This exciting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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