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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes issues related to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advancements in blended learning technology are empowering students all around the world to be participants in online courses. These MOOCs are 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 many issues that online education institutions are having to consider today because online education technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Cambodia to conduct these massively open online courses? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers handle low student motivation and high attrition?

As online education technology becomes more commonplace there is a expanding demand to perceive how MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. People want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this growing demand for details the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This amazing new book also reviews the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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