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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues having to do with open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. Massive open online courses are usually 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 numerous subjects that online education institutions are dealing with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we ensure that the training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open education endeavours. Educators want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this growing desire for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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