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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern changes in online learning technology have empowered learners all around the world to take part in online courses. These massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that online education institutions are having to consider more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these massively open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to better understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This book also reviews the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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