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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in distance learning are enabling people all around the world to take part in online courses. These MOOC 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 a lot of topics that blended learning organizations are having to attend to more than ever because blended learning technology is developing so quickly. How can organizations make sure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can students be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can educators manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning becomes more widespread there is a developing need to grasp how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders want to be more aware of the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Universities want to better understand how massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing desire for data the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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