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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Modern gains in online education enable people in nations all aver the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. Massively open online courses are free 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 several topics that distance learning organizations are having to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Tonga to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOCs can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource topics. This stimulating new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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