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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in online learning technology are empowering learners in every nation on earth to participate in courses online. These online MOOCs are generally 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 a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions have to consider today because online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can participants be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coral Sea Islands to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more available there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how MOOC classes can be made better. To meet this expanding desideratum for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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