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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new developments in online education technology are empowering students all around the world to take part in online courses. Massively open online courses are free for students 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations are dealing with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Abkhazia to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Everybody wants to better understand how MOOC courses can be improved. To satisfy this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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