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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest advances in online education enable people in nations all around the world to participate in online classes. MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is decent? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding demand to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these significant new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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