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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New advances in elearning have empowered humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses online. MOOC courses are customarily 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 numerous issues that online education institutions are having to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOCs? What original assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more procurable there is a desire to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Intellectuals and numerous other stakeholders want to better perceive the outcomes of these compelling new open educational initiatives. Everybody wants to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding need for data the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also addresses the key controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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