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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews topics related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have enabled people all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are generally free for students 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 several topics that online learning technology organizations are having to struggle with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Mozambique to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the problems of low motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants desire to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing desideratum for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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