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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent developments in e-learning have empowered students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are customarily free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that online learning institutions have to struggle with more than ever because distance learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality control for these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding desideratum to gain a better understanding of how MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants need to better grasp these open educational experiments. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desideratum for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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