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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in online classes. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? How can participants be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Eliademy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desire to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of these open education experiments. Instructors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This new book also considers the controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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