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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues related to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in electronic educational technology have empowered learners in all parts of the world to take classes online. These MOOC courses are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that e-learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. This collected edition describes many different types of MOOC options and the full range of business plans related to MOOCs. How can participants assure that the training provided by these MOOCs is tolerable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of California, Irvine to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants handle low learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing demand to comprehend how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other stakeholders want to better grasp these new open educational experiments. Universities want to comprehend how massive open online courses can be made better. To respond to this crescive desire for information the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This new book also analyzes the most important controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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