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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in elearning enable people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC classes are customarily free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can organizations certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Peter I Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other participants want to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open educational undertakings. Scientists want to grasp how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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