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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to take classes online. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not 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 e-learning institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can we guarantee that the education provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can participants assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like edX to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online learning becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and many other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Teachers want to grasp how these MOOC classes can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for information the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This gripping new book also researches the key controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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