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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest evolvements in e-learning are enabling people all around the world to take courses online. These online MOOCs are ordinarily free for students but do not always 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 e-learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can students ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach courses online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers deal with the problems of low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Academics want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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