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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern advances in online education have provided the means for humans in all parts of the world to take courses online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 many subjects that online learning technology institutions are having to attend to today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is all right? How can learners make sure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Tokelau to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education issues. This thrilling new book also deals with 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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