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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers subjects relating to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Brand new changes in distance learning technology are empowering people all over the world to take classes online. These MOOCs are customarily free for learners but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous subjects that online education institutions must deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is advancing so rapidly. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is respectable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What different business models are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high student dropout rates?

As digital e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a need to gain a better understanding of how MOOC classes are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants want to be more aware of the outcomes of these interesting new open educational experiments. People want to gain an understanding of how these MOOC courses can be improved. To respond to this growing desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational issues. This interesting new book also articulates the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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