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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that analyzes topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for people all over the world to take classes online. Massively open online courses are normally free 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 several issues that blended learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by organizations like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can institutions manage issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Lecturers want to understand how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this increasing desideratum for information the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also studies the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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