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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes topics relating to open educational resources and massive open online courses. Brand new advancements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are almost always 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 a lot of issues that online learning organizations are having to attend to now that online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the quality control for these MOOC classes is acceptable? How can students assure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Germany to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we get a handle on poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital educational technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to be aware of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and many other participants want to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also examines the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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