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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores issues related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New developments in elearning technology have empowered humans in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are customarily free 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 issues that online learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? MOOCs are a form of distance education. How can institutions be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants would like to understand these new open educational endeavours. Professors want to better understand how massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing desideratum for information the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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