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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates subjects pertaining to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent changes in elearning have empowered people in every nation on earth to take part in online classes. MOOCs are typically free for students 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 dozens of new technologies emerging each year that can be used for teaching and learning. There are a variety of issues that e-learning organizations have to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so fast. How can teachers assure that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can teachers handle issues like low motivation and high student dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more procurable there is a desire to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these new open educational experiments. Researchers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. In response to this need for details the authoritative new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This stimulating new book also discusses the major controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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