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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses issues relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning make it possible for humans in every nation on earth to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are customarily free 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like University of California, Berkeley to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Teachers want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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