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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that discusses subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest advancements in blended learning have empowered humans in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOC courses are mostly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so rapidly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Iceland to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to comprehend how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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