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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in e-learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. These online MOOC courses are mostly 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 a lot of issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations ensure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can we certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these MOOCs? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders manage issues like low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a demand to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and many other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Corporations want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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