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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relating to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in blended learning technology are providing the means for people all over the world to take part in courses via the Internet. These MOOCs are free for students 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 quite a few topics that blended learning organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers be assured that the quality of schooling provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can we ensure that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and experimental teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As elearning becomes more commonplace there is a developing need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders would like to be more aware of these new open education endeavours. Corporations want to understand how these MOOCs can be made better. To respond to this increasing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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