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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of topics that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is passable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Niger to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to comprehend how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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