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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes topics pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern gains in elearning enable learners in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOCs book conveys practical strategies which can be easily incorporated into face-to-face, blended, and online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that distance learning organizations are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of teaching provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more abundant there is a growing need to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these exciting new open education initiatives. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also analyzes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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