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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses subjects relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new developments in online education enable people all around the world to take part in online courses. Massive open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so fast. How can institutions make sure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? 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 organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this increasing need for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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