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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses topics pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all around the world to be participants in courses online. These MOOCs are generally free for learners 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 issues that blended learning institutions have to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so rapidly. How can we certify that the quality of education provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can organizations be assured that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are in use today? How can we handle issues like low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more available there is a desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other participants would like to understand the outcomes of these intriguing new open educational endeavours. Trainers want to gain more knowledge about how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To meet this crescive desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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