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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that learning technology institutions are considering in 2015 because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the issues of low motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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