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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that talks about issues having to do with open education resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for humans all around the world to take classes via the Internet. MOOC classes are free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of subjects that e-learning institutions must deal with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so fast. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massive open online courses is good? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Tumblr to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on low student motivation and high student attrition?

As e-learning technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing desideratum to gain a better understanding of how massive open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and lots of other participants would like to gain a better understanding of these open educational ventures. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this growing desideratum for knowledge the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also describes the major controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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