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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes issues having to do with open educational resources and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning have enabled students in all parts of the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are normally 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 several topics that blended learning organizations are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. This book about MOOCs provides best practices in online teaching based on decades of research. How can teachers guarantee that the teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like The Ohio State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers manage problems like inadequate student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital educational technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and lots of other stakeholders need to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these promising new open educational experiments. Public servants want to perceive how these massive open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education subjects. This interesting new book also considers the most important controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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