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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which researches issues related to open education resources and massive open online courses. Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massively open online courses are commonly free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like South Africa to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Researchers want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing need for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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