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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent evolvements in distance learning technology have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in courses online. These online MOOCs are 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 many topics that elearning technology organizations have to deal with more than ever because technology-enhanced learning is improving so quickly. How can educators assure that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders handle problems like inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

The ultimate purpose of massive open online courses is to provide education to more people all around the world. As learning technology becomes more widespread there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Corporations and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these fascinating new open education endeavours. Students want to comprehend how MOOC classes can be enhanced. To meet this growing desire for facts the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also talks about the most important controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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