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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest gains in blended learning enable students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning organizations are considering more than ever because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by institutions like Faroe Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to perceive how MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to better perceive these significant new open educational experiments. Universities want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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