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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have enabled humans all around the world to take part in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many subjects that online education institutions have to deal with today because elearning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a increasing desire to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also reviews 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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