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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in distance learning technology make it possible for humans all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically 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 subjects that online learning technology organizations are considering now that blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these significant new open education undertakings. Scholars want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this increasing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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