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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses topics pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). The latest advancements in distance learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive online courses are 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 quite a few topics that learning technology institutions have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these MOOC courses is satisfactory? How can institutions ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing demand to comprehend how massively open online courses are being conducted. Intellectuals and many other stakeholders want to better comprehend these compelling new open educational experiments. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this developing desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This gripping new book also investigates the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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