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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes issues regarding open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in online learning technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to take part in online classes. These online MOOCs are normally free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that blended learning institutions have to deal with now that learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers assure that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can learners make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Canada to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education undertakings. Teachers want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also studies the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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