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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in elearning are making it possible for students all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that distance learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers certify that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Yale University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more prolific there is a growing necessity to perceive how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders desire to be more aware of these open education experiments. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing demand for information the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This intriguing new book also studies the key controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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