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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology enable students all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 numerous issues that online learning institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is decent? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like New Zealand to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators manage issues like poor motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a expanding desideratum to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders desire to understand these important new open educational experiments. Instructors want to perceive how MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also studies the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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