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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern gains in blended learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can we ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? 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 organizations like Kirkwood Community College to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these interesting new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also considers the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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