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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that addresses topics having to do with open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in distance learning technology have made it possible for students all over the world to be participants in courses online. Massively open online courses are typically 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 quite a few topics that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is improving so swiftly. How can educators guarantee that the quality control for these massive open online courses is tolerable? How can we be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by institutions like Udacity to conduct these massively open online courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage problems like inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As e-learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desire to better understand how MOOC classes are being conducted. Students and lots of other participants would like to be more aware of the outcomes of these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Students want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To satisfy this increasing need for data the intriguing new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also addresses the controversies associated with these massive online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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