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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which addresses issues related to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in blended learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These MOOC classes are generally 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 a lot of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with now that technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. How can we guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is passable? How can students make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Maldives to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage problems like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a developing demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other participants desire to better understand these promising new open education experiments. Trainers want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing need for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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