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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses. The latest developments in elearning have empowered learners in nations all around the world to take classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are typically 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 a lot of subjects that online education organizations have to deal with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is good? How can students ensure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Duke University to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers deal with poor motivation and high student attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more widespread there is a growing necessity to understand how MOOCs are being conducted. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders desire to gain more knowledge about these open education experiments. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for information the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOCs and other open educational topics. This stimulating new book also studies the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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