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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New evolvements in elearning are making it possible for people all around the world to participate in courses online. MOOCs are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that technology-enhanced learning institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can we assure that the education provided by these MOOC courses is acceptable? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Italy to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle problems like poor motivation and high learner attrition?

As online learning becomes more abundant there is a necessity to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education experiments. Trainers want to grasp how massive open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this expanding desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC courses and other open education issues. This stimulating new book also reviews the key controversies associated with these MOOC classes and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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