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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New gains in e-learning have empowered people all over the world to take part in classes online. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 issues that online learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What business models are being used by organizations like Nicaragua to conduct these MOOC classes? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of poor student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing demand to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and lots of other participants want to be more aware of these exciting new open education initiatives. Universities want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for facts the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational subjects. This thrilling new book also discusses the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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