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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Somalia to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Students want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing demand for knowledge the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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