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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advances in blended learning technology have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes via the Internet. These massively open online courses 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 quite a few issues that distance learning institutions are having to struggle with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is developing so fast. How can organizations be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to grasp how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open educational endeavours. Scientists want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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