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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New improvements in elearning technology enable people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are customarily 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 learning technology institutions are dealing with more than ever because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like Lesotho to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can educators handle issues like poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more available there is a growing demand to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these important new open education experiments. Lecturers want to better understand how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To handle this increasing desire for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also articulates the key controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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