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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in elearning have enabled people in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. Massively open online courses are typically free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that elearning institutions are having to struggle with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is passable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Harvard University to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers deal with low motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desideratum to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these significant new open educational initiatives. Educators want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this crescive desideratum for knowledge the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also articulates the major controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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