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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern advancements in digital education technology are enabling humans all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can stakeholders guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Suriname to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Teachers want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also examines the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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