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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in blended learning technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These online MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that elearning technology institutions are struggling with today because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by institutions like UC Berkeley to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can educators deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a desideratum to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational experiments. Lecturers want to know how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This authoritative new book also describes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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