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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern changes in electronic educational technology have enabled people in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open courses are customarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are quite a few issues that distance learning organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online education technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is good? How can learners ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a developing necessity to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders want to gain more knowledge about these new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desideratum for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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