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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent improvements in blended learning technology enable people in nations all aver the world to take part in courses online. These MOOC courses are usually 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 issues that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with now that elearning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants guarantee that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can we be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Boston University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like low motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other participants need to better grasp these intriguing new open educational experiments. Scholars want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be made better. To meet this growing need for details the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This authoritative new book also researches the key controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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