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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest gains in electronic educational technology are providing the means for people all over the world to participate in online courses. These massively open online courses are customarily free but do not 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 online learning technology organizations have to struggle with today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is all right? How can we certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Rwaq to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing need to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Academics want to understand how these MOOC courses can be made better. To satisfy this increasing need for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This interesting new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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