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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in online education are providing the means for students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOC classes are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is good? How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Lecturers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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