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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in distance learning have provided the means for people in nations all around the world to be participants in classes online. These online MOOC courses are customarily free for learners 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology institutions have to deal with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Iran to conduct these MOOC classes? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for information MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This gripping new book also reviews the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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