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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues relating to open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern gains in distance learning enable students in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that online education institutions must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations manage issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desire to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this crescive desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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