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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent evolvements in elearning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massively open online courses are normally 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 numerous issues that learning technology institutions are dealing with now that online education technology is improving so quickly. How can organizations certify that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Belarus to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a increasing desideratum to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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