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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that examines subjects related to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New advances in electronic education technology enable people all around the world to take part in online classes. Massive open online courses are normally 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 a lot of topics that blended learning institutions are dealing with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can students assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Eliademy to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the problems of low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital education technology becomes more procurable there is a necessity to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and lots of other stakeholders would like to better grasp these promising new open educational endeavours. Intellectuals want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this growing desideratum for data the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This new book also researches 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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