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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which articulates issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new advancements in distance learning have enabled people all around the world to take online classes. These online MOOC courses are typically free for learners 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 variety of topics that learning technology institutions are having to consider today because elearning technology is developing so swiftly. How can participants assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding necessity to gain a better understanding of how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other participants would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these promising new open educational initiatives. People want to understand how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this increasing desideratum for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also reviews the controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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