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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in online learning are providing the means for learners in all parts of the world to take online classes. MOOCs are open because they encourage open access via the Internet for all learners. These online MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 elearning technology organizations are having to attend to more than ever because elearning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can stakeholders ensure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Guinea-Bissau to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. Students want to comprehend how these MOOC classes can be made better. To handle this demand for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education resource subjects. This book also considers the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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