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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in learning technology have made it possible for people in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC classes are usually 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 a lot of subjects that online learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other stakeholders would like to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Corporations want to grasp how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This exciting new book also discusses the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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