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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues regarding open education resources and massive open online courses. Modern advances in online education technology have provided the means for humans all around the world to take courses online. These MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not 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 numerous topics that online education institutions are dealing with now that distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Georgia Institute of Technology to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more available there is a increasing need to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Intellectuals want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be made better. In response to this increasing desideratum for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This sensational new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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