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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest developments in blended learning technology have enabled people all around the world to take part in courses online. These MOOCs are typically free for students 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 learning technology organizations are dealing with today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is all right? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Brazil to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open education experiments. Public servants want to understand how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive demand for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This dramatic new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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