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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in distance learning technology have provided the means for students all over the world to take online courses. These MOOC classes are generally free for students 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 numerous topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can teachers ensure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Russia to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations manage poor student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and many other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Researchers want to comprehend how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this growing desire for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This authoritative new book also talks about the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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