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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with topics related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New changes in digital education technology are empowering people all over the world to take courses online. MOOCs are usually 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 a variety of topics that e-learning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions make sure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more abundant there is a desideratum to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants desire to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This thrilling new book also investigates the most important controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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