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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which examines issues pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent changes in blended learning technology have provided the means for students all around the world to participate in online classes. These MOOC courses are generally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that blended learning organizations are having to struggle with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions ensure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is passable? How can students guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like Broward College to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can educators handle low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing necessity to better understand how massively open online courses are being conducted. Researchers and lots of other participants would like to understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this increasing demand for knowledge the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This book also investigates the most important controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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