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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New evolvements in blended learning technology are empowering people in nations all around the world to take part in classes via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. These online MOOCs are customarily free for students 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 variety of subjects that online learning organizations are having to deal with more than ever because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can organizations assure that the instruction provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage issues like low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing need to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Academics and lots of other participants desire to better perceive these intriguing new open educational experiments. Researchers want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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