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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that researches topics relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in e-learning technology enable learners in every nation on earth to take part in classes online. These massively open online courses are commonly 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 lot of issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so fast. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can we ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can organizations ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with low motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more widespread there is a growing demand to comprehend how massive open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders would like to understand the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Students want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. Online assessments for MOOCs can be difficult to conduct effectively and reliably. To handle this crescive need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open education subjects. This book also studies the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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