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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in blended learning technology have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are several subjects that blended learning institutions are having to deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants handle problems like poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open education initiatives. Researchers want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This interesting new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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