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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New improvements in online education have provided the means for students in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners 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 numerous issues that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to consider today because online learning technology is developing so quickly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can we make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Macau to conduct these MOOCs? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage issues like low student motivation and high student attrition?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Academics want to perceive how these MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational topics. This gripping new book also examines the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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