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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines topics related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in blended learning have empowered learners all over the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are generally free 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 several subjects that learning technology organizations have to deal with today because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is passable? How can students make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Monaco to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the issues of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and numerous other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these interesting new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource issues. This amazing new book also researches the most important controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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