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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in classes online. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These massive open courses are ordinarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations have to consider more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Madagascar to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a desire to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Students and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Instructors want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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