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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advancements in online education have empowered students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are 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 many topics that online learning technology organizations have to deal with in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Norfolk Island to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing necessity to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these promising new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing demand for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also explores the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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