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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses. New gains in online education technology have provided the means for humans in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. These MOOC classes are ordinarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that e-learning technology institutions must deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the instruction provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can we assure that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are optimal? How can we deal with the issues of inadequate student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to perceive how MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other participants would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education endeavours. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this expanding need for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC classes and other open education subjects. This definitive new book also describes the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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