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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines subjects relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can educators assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses 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 Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more available there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this expanding desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also examines the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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