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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent developments in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to take courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically 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 learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can institutions certify that the schooling provided by these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Massachusetts Institute of Technology to conduct these MOOC classes? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a demand to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Students and many other stakeholders desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This intriguing new book also describes 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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