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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that describes issues pertaining to open education resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New gains in distance learning enable learners all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually 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 quite a few topics that online education institutions must deal with more than ever because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Dominican Republic to conduct these MOOC classes? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning becomes more prolific there is a desire to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Universities and many other stakeholders would like to better understand these promising new open educational initiatives. Public servants want to better understand how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this developing demand for knowledge the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This new book also examines the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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