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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in distance learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOCs are mostly 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 issues that online learning technology institutions are struggling with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality control for these massively open online courses is good? How can students be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Ghana to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers deal with the issues of inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a developing demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Researchers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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