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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have empowered humans in all parts of the world to take part in online courses. These massive open online courses are commonly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that distance learning institutions are having to deal with today because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can stakeholders ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Kiribati to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online learning technology becomes more available there is a growing desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and many other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Teachers want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational issues. This gripping new book also describes the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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