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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern improvements in blended learning technology enable people in all parts of the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly free 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 several topics that blended learning institutions have to struggle with today because online education technology is advancing so fast. This scholarly volume offer guidelines for educators hoping to create a highly engaging MOOC-based learning environment. How can institutions assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like State University of New York to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders handle problems like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to comprehend how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Universities want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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