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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in e-learning have provided the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. 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. These MOOC classes are commonly 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 technology organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Rwanda to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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