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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Modern advancements in e-learning have enabled learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students 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 elearning organizations have to struggle with now that blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Honduras to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle inadequate motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive demand for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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