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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in online education enable humans all around the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are almost always 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 numerous issues that learning technology institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can participants ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can we certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders desire to better understand these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to gain an understanding of how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource issues. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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