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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people all around the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always 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 many topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of education provided by these MOOC classes is respectable? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different strategies are being used by organizations like NovoEd to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to comprehend how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open education experiments. Universities want to comprehend how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this growing desire for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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