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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which describes subjects relevant to open education resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOC). New changes in distance learning technology are providing the means for students in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive online courses are typically free for students but do not always 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 many topics that elearning institutions have to consider in 2015 because online education technology is advancing so swiftly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the quality of teaching provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can students certify that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massive open online courses? What innovative teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can we handle problems like poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As electronic education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain a better understanding of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Researchers and numerous other participants need to better grasp the outcomes of these promising new open educational ventures. Intellectuals want to understand how massively open online courses can be improved. To handle this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational resource issues. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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