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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in e-learning have provided the means for people all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that elearning institutions are considering today because elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOC courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can participants deal with the issues of low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain more knowledge about these significant new open educational undertakings. People want to know how these massive open online courses can be improved. To meet this increasing need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This interesting new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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