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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in elearning technology are providing the means for humans all over the world to take classes online. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive online courses are normally free 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 many topics that distance learning institutions must deal with now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can institutions assure that the teaching provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can students guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like University of North Carolina to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle poor learner motivation and high dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desire to better understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants would like to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational endeavours. Everybody wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding desideratum for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also articulates the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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