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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Brand new gains in online education technology are enabling students all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are considering more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can educators assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Namibia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these open educational initiatives. Lecturers want to grasp how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding demand for data the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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