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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that studies issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent developments in online education technology are providing the means for learners all over the world to be participants in online classes. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. These massive online courses are mostly free for learners but do not 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 technology institutions have to struggle with today because blended learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Michigan to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators manage inadequate student motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more available there is a expanding need to gain a better understanding of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education experiments. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desideratum for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This scholarly new book also considers the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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