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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent gains in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are mostly 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 numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these new open educational undertakings. Professors want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desire for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This intriguing new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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