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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Recent advances in distance learning technology are enabling learners all over the world to be participants in online courses. Massive open online courses are almost always 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 several subjects that distance learning organizations have to deal with today because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality control for these MOOCs is decent? How can stakeholders ensure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can we manage poor student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desideratum to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other stakeholders want to be more aware of these interesting new open educational experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this expanding desire for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource subjects. This inspiring new book also reviews the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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