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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes issues relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern improvements in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massively open online courses are mostly free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a lot of issues that online learning institutions are having to deal with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators certify that the training provided by these MOOC courses is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders ensure 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 different business strategies are being used by organizations like Berklee College of Music to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this demand for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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