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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are empowering humans in all parts of the world to be participants in online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are normally 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 lot of subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations must deal with today because e-learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we make sure that the teaching provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can participants guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like inadequate learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to grasp how MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Academics and lots of other participants desire to understand these intriguing new open educational experiments. Trainers want to know how these massive open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for information the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource topics. This thrilling new book also explores the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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