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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These massively open online courses are 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 quite a few topics that blended learning institutions are having to attend to today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can participants be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Pakistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of these exciting new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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