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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New gains in distance learning technology are enabling people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open online courses are usually free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that online learning technology institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Coursera to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and numerous other stakeholders need to better understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open education ventures. Universities want to understand how MOOC classes can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational subjects. This amazing new book also deals with the major controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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