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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in distance learning technology enable people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are normally free 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 topics that distance learning organizations have to deal with now that distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can institutions make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like University of Minnesota to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to perceive how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this demand for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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