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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that elearning technology institutions are having to consider in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators be assured that the training provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can participants guarantee that teachers 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 business strategies are being used by institutions like Cornell University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a developing need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Students want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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