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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which studies topics pertaining to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advances in online education technology are making it possible for learners in all parts of the world to take part in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are free for learners 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 many issues that distance learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can learners assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Mount Sinai School of Medicine to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more widespread there is a growing desideratum to grasp how these MOOCs are being conducted. Teachers and numerous other stakeholders desire to better comprehend these exciting new open education experiments. Scientists want to comprehend how massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desire for details the new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This exciting new book also considers the controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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