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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which addresses topics relevant to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in digital education technology have enabled humans all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of topics that learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Mozambique to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more available there is a developing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other participants desire to better perceive these new open education experiments. Academics want to better understand how MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this developing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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