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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that learning technology institutions must deal with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better perceive these important new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This sensational new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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