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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in online education technology are providing the means for learners in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are commonly 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 numerous issues that learning technology organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Researchers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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