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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New gains in elearning are providing the means for humans in every nation on earth to take courses online. Massively open online courses 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 numerous topics that blended learning organizations are dealing with more than ever because learning technology is developing so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can participants assure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Rochester to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can we handle issues like poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how MOOCs are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other participants desire to gain a better understanding of these open education ventures. Students want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this growing demand for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This book also discusses the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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