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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with subjects regarding open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in electronic educational technology are enabling people all over the world to take courses via the Internet. Massive open online courses are free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations are having to attend to now that e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can stakeholders assure that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOCs is all right? How can stakeholders assure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massively open online courses? What different business models are being used by organizations like San Diego State University to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we manage inadequate learner motivation and high attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing necessity to grasp how massively open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open education endeavours. Trainers want to know how massively open online courses can be made better. To meet this developing desire for data the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education resource topics. This interesting new book also researches the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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