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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in distance learning technology are making it possible for people all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOCs are ordinarily free for learners 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 learning technology organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can educators be assured that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can participants certify that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators deal with inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more available there is a expanding demand to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these new open education endeavours. Instructors want to know how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This new book also examines the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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