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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers topics related to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in online education have enabled students in all parts of the world to take part in classes online. MOOCs are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are dealing with more than ever because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can participants make sure that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can we handle problems like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning technology becomes more widespread there is a increasing demand to understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Academics and many other participants would like to understand these important new open educational experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Researchers want to better understand how these MOOC classes can be improved. To satisfy this crescive need for facts the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also studies the major controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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