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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest developments in technology-enhanced learning are enabling humans all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. Massively open online courses are customarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that distance learning institutions have to deal with today because online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can institutions be assured that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Zambia to conduct these massive open online courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Students and numerous other participants need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational ventures. Scientists want to grasp how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this expanding demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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