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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which investigates subjects relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to consider more than ever because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the teaching provided by these MOOC classes is adequate? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach courses online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Uruguay to conduct these massively open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle problems like poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning becomes more abundant there is a growing desideratum to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Educators and many other participants need to better comprehend these exciting new open educational initiatives. Professors want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be improved. To handle this increasing desideratum for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This exciting new book also discusses the controversies associated with MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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