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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in online education have enabled students all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to struggle with now that learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by organizations like Ohio State University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are optimal? How can we manage issues like low learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more abundant there is a developing desideratum to grasp how MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants desire to better perceive the outcomes of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this desideratum for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This thrilling new book also describes the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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