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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new improvements in online learning technology have empowered learners all over the world to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not 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 institutions are having to struggle with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers be assured that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like OpenLearning to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants need to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This interesting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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