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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that examines issues relevant to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in learning technology have enabled people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOC courses are customarily 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 many topics that online education organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can educators guarantee that the quality of education provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Andorra to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage problems like low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a need to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants need to better understand these fascinating new open education endeavours. Corporations want to perceive how these MOOCs can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education issues. This amazing new book also researches the controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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