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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which analyzes topics regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take online classes. These massive open courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with more than ever because distance learning technology is advancing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a necessity to comprehend how MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Researchers want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desideratum for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This new book also explores the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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