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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take classes online. Massive open online courses are free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are several topics that online education institutions have to consider in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open 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 institutions like iversity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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