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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in learning technology enable students all over the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are usually 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 a lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so fast. How can institutions ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business models are being used by institutions like Venezuela to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Educators and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This sensational new book also studies the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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