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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that investigates issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in distance learning technology have made it possible for people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can stakeholders certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively 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 Yale University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational ventures. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This authoritative new book also researches the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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