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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which reviews subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new evolvements in blended learning technology make it possible for people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. These MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are many topics that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to perceive how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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