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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are mostly free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that e-learning institutions have to consider today because elearning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the quality of these MOOC classes is all right? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uzbekistan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open education experiments. Professors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this growing desire for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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