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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in distance learning enable people all over the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOC classes are customarily free but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOCs is adequate? How can we ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to perceive how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to perceive how MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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