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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses. New evolvements in digital education technology have empowered people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are commonly free 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 lot of issues that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can educators certify that the quality of training provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive need for knowledge the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource subjects. This interesting new book also analyzes 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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