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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern changes in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online courses. These massive open courses are free for students 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 numerous subjects that online education organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so quickly. How can organizations be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is acceptable? How can learners be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Harvard University to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants handle problems like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open education endeavours. Instructors want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education issues. This scholarly new book also considers the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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