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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in distance learning have enabled people all over the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses are generally free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC classes is satisfactory? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can we guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Comoros to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to grasp how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for details the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also explores the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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