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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New advances in elearning technology have enabled people all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. 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. Massively open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that elearning technology organizations are dealing with now that online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers ensure that the education provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Sierra Leone to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this expanding desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also researches the most important controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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