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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which considers issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advances in online education have provided the means for humans all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are usually free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous issues that online education organizations are dealing with more than ever because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can participants be assured that the quality of training provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can institutions guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Mayotte to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and experimental evaluation strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the problems of low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a developing demand to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and lots of other participants would like to better perceive these intriguing new open educational ventures. Instructors want to grasp how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this developing demand for data the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational topics. This inspiring new book also researches the controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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