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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics relating to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for people all around the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students 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 many topics that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can participants be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Israel to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can educators deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these open education endeavours. Universities want to understand how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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