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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in digital education technology enable people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations must deal with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions get a handle on poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other participants need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Everybody wants to perceive how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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