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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all around the world to take online courses. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with now that learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders make sure that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can institutions assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a need to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Everyone wants to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for details the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also articulates the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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