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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in learning technology are providing the means for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are struggling with now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can educators ensure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants assure that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? 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 Armenia to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education issues. This definitive new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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