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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which reviews issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning have enabled humans in all parts of the world to take classes online. These massive open online courses are commonly free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that online learning technology institutions must deal with today because e-learning technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can learners guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by organizations like Babson College to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low motivation and high dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and lots of other stakeholders need to better grasp these significant new open education experiments. Everyone wants to understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding desideratum for details MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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