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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in online learning make it possible for humans all over the world to take online courses. MOOCs are 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 quite a few issues that e-learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to better grasp these intriguing new open education experiments. People want to grasp how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also articulates the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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