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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are empowering learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 lot of subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can institutions guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Timor-Leste (East Timor) to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle low motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Academics want to grasp how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This authoritative new book also studies the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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