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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that explores subjects relating to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. The latest gains in e-learning are enabling people all over the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These massively open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because online learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can we be assured that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can teachers get a handle on inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more abundant there is a growing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders need to better perceive the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Academics want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this growing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational subjects. This definitive new book also explores the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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