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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with issues regarding open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in online education are making it possible for people all around the world to take courses online. These massive online courses are typically free 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 topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can we assure that the quality of these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can participants be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Poland to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations handle poor motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to be aware of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this increasing desire for details the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education subjects. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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