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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. MOOC courses 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 numerous topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can teachers be assured that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can institutions assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like UC Irvine to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders need to understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. In response to this developing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource topics. This book also deals with the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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