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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning have enabled people in every nation on earth to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book also documents active learning solutions that can help motivate students to engage in more productive learning experiences. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to attend to today because blended learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers certify that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders want to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education experiments. Scholars want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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