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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which articulates topics relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest improvements in elearning enable humans in all parts of the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses 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 technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so fast. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can organizations be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Australia to conduct these MOOC courses? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with the issues of inadequate learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Scholars and many other participants desire to better comprehend the outcomes of these interesting new open education experiments. Everyone wants to know how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this growing demand for data the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational issues. This scholarly new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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