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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that elearning institutions are considering today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can stakeholders assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Sao Tome and Principe to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a necessity to understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this desideratum for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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