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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that addresses subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in blended learning enable people in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. This MOOCs book also describes the benefits of technology integration in k-12 and higher education. Massively open online courses are free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we be assured that the quality control for these MOOC courses is all right? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach 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 organizations like Peer to Peer University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a increasing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants want to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. People want to understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education subjects. This dramatic new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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