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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are typically free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that online learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we ensure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? 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 Johns Hopkins University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants desire to be more aware of these significant new open education initiatives. Students want to grasp how MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This stimulating new book also examines the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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