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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in online education are making it possible for people all over the world to participate in online classes. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. These online MOOC courses are customarily 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 quite a few issues that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can institutions make sure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Lesotho to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more prolific there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This gripping new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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