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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new evolvements in elearning have provided the means for people in every nation on earth to participate in courses via the Internet. These massive open online courses are commonly free 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 numerous subjects that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can educators ensure that the quality control for these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can institutions ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Howland Island to conduct these MOOCs? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and numerous other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education experiments. Corporations want to perceive how these massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this demand for details the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also researches the major controversies associated with these MOOCs and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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