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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New advancements in blended learning are enabling people all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOC courses are usually free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can learners be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Duke University to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? Interaction, feedback and online support are the most important things that help students succeed in MOOC courses. How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to perceive how these MOOCs are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about these interesting new open education ventures. Universities want to know how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing desideratum for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource issues. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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