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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with topics having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New developments in learning technology are empowering students in every nation on earth to take courses online. These online MOOCs 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 a variety of issues that elearning technology organizations have to deal with now that online learning technology is advancing so fast. How can educators assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Université Numérique France Université Numérique to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to better understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better understand the outcomes of these exciting new open education endeavours. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this crescive desire for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This inspiring new book also explores the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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