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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in blended learning are enabling humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open courses are free for learners 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 e-learning organizations are having to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions be assured that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Papua New Guinea to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more procurable there is a developing necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and lots of other participants would like to better perceive the outcomes of these new open education undertakings. Intellectuals want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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