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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that talks about topics relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology are empowering people in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are mostly free 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 lot of topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Khan Academy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more procurable there is a desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. People want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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