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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that considers subjects pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). New developments in elearning have enabled humans all over the world to participate in online courses. These massive open courses are 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 online education institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions assure that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is all right? How can we assure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage problems like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning becomes more commonplace there is a growing need to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these significant new open education initiatives. Teachers want to understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education issues. This authoritative new book also examines the most important controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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