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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. The latest changes in distance learning enable people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of subjects that online learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations assure that the quality of these MOOC classes is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of Pittsburgh to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we deal with the problems of low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing necessity to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Trainers and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these exciting new open education experiments. Professors want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing desire for facts the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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