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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which deals with issues pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in online learning are empowering people all around the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that blended learning institutions are having to struggle with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can participants ensure that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these intriguing new open educational undertakings. Students want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this growing desire for knowledge the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also considers the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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