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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are several issues that blended learning institutions must deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can institutions assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can students certify that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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