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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which investigates subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Modern evolvements in online education have provided the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses (MOOCs) and similar experiments with open education are allowing millions of self-directed online learners around the globe to learn from well-known professors. MOOC classes are ordinarily free for students 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 numerous subjects that elearning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is good? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Florida to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of inadequate motivation and high student attrition?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and many other participants need to gain a better understanding of these intriguing new open education endeavours. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To handle this desire for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also discusses the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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