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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in blended learning have provided the means for humans all around the world to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are normally free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are many issues that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can teachers make sure that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business models are being used by organizations like Canvas Network to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing desire to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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