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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues regarding open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online learning technology are empowering students all over the world to take courses online. These MOOC classes are mostly 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 a variety of issues that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to struggle with now that elearning technology is advancing so quickly. This collected edition details a series of recent reports and interesting announcements related to MOOCs. How can teachers be assured that the quality of education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations assure that educators are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC classes? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Mexico to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle poor learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more procurable there is a growing demand to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Teachers and many other stakeholders would like to understand these exciting new open education undertakings. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Instructors want to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses can be made better. To satisfy this crescive demand for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education topics. This inspiring new book also describes the key controversies associated with these massive open courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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