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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses. Brand new developments in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that distance learning institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants would like to better grasp these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to understand how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this developing demand for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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