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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that considers issues regarding open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. The latest changes in electronic education technology have enabled students in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. These massive open online courses are ordinarily free but do not 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 many topics that online education organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because distance learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders be assured that the education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach courses online? What business strategies are being used by organizations like Chile to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and innovative teaching practices are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with the issues of poor motivation and high attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desideratum to better understand how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other participants want to better perceive these new open educational experiments. Teachers want to better understand how MOOCs can be enhanced. To meet this developing desire for data the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource topics. This definitive new book also considers the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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