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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advancements in online education technology are enabling humans all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOCs are ordinarily 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 many subjects that e-learning technology organizations are having to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is passable? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Niue to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators manage issues like inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a desideratum to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these promising new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this developing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This intriguing new book also examines the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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