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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New changes in electronic educational technology have made it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. Massive open online courses are mostly 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 a variety of topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with now that online learning technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is respectable? How can we make sure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach classes online? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of New Mexico to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As digital learning becomes more procurable there is a expanding demand to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other stakeholders desire to better grasp these new open education experiments. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Intellectuals want to perceive how MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open education resource subjects. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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