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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to take online courses. Massively open online courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants would like to better grasp these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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