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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that online education organizations have to consider now that elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee 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 different strategies are being used by institutions like Ascension to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to better perceive these exciting new open education experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource subjects. This gripping new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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