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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in blended learning are making it possible for people all over the world to be participants in online classes. These massive open courses are free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that e-learning institutions are considering more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can participants ensure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can institutions certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What strategies are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Educators and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To meet this growing need for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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