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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in blended learning technology have empowered people all over the world to take part in online courses. MOOCs are usually 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 a variety of issues that e-learning organizations are having to attend to today because learning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can organizations guarantee that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by institutions like Open2Study to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we manage poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and numerous other stakeholders need to better comprehend the outcomes of these open educational undertakings. Researchers want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this increasing desideratum for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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