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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new changes in online learning have provided the means for learners in nations all aver the world to be participants in classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. Massively open online courses are mostly 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 issues that online learning technology organizations are having to consider now that blended learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can organizations assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations certify that educators are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Cocos (Keeling) Islands to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders handle poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more commonplace there is a desire to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this demand for information MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also researches the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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