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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that reviews subjects relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Modern gains in e-learning technology have enabled students in nations all around the world to be participants in courses via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that e-learning organizations must deal with now that distance learning technology is developing so fast. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massive open online courses is adequate? How can participants ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Miriada X to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high student attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing desire to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to perceive how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This amazing new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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