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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take online classes. MOOC courses are generally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. There are numerous issues that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers certify that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Malawi to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants want to be more aware of these intriguing new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be improved. In response to this increasing desire for information the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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