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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new gains in online education have enabled people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are typically free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that e-learning institutions are having to attend to more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Kenya to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to be aware of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Researchers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing desideratum for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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