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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in blended learning technology make it possible for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that online education institutions are having to attend to today because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Antigua and Barbuda to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a developing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This scholarly new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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