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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern developments in blended learning enable students in every nation on earth to be participants in online courses. These massive open online courses are ordinarily 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of topics that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can teachers assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sri Lanka to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other participants desire to gain more knowledge about these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education topics. This dramatic new book also addresses the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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