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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches topics relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education make it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are ordinarily free 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 quite a few topics that online learning technology institutions must deal with now that online learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Tuvalu to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions deal with poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants need to better grasp these open education ventures. Researchers want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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