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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a lot of issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants certify that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can participants ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Iran to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open education undertakings. Corporations want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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