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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that explores issues having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in technology-enhanced learning enable people all around the world to participate in online classes. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several issues that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is all right? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can participants deal with poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a desire to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these intriguing new open education initiatives. Scientists want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To handle this expanding demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also investigates 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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