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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in blended learning make it possible for people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive open courses are customarily free for students 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 many issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of low motivation and high attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants need to be more aware of these significant new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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