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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which examines subjects having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in e-learning technology are empowering people all over the world to be participants in classes online. Massive open online courses are commonly 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 issues that online education institutions are considering in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so swiftly. How can institutions assure that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Bouvet Island to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers get a handle on low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a expanding demand to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and lots of other stakeholders want to understand these important new open educational endeavours. Scholars want to grasp how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this developing desideratum for information the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This thrilling new book also deals with the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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