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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New improvements in distance learning technology have provided the means for students in nations all around the world to participate in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 several issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so rapidly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massive open online courses is respectable? How can institutions assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Michigan State University to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the problems of inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more widespread there is a developing desire to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Educators and many other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these interesting new open education experiments. Public servants want to perceive how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this crescive desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This thrilling new book also examines the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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