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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which talks about issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. Modern advances in e-learning are making it possible for people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. Massively 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 numerous issues that e-learning technology organizations are having to deal with today because technology-enhanced learning is improving so fast. How can we be assured that the schooling provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different strategies are being used by institutions like Bellevue University to conduct these MOOC courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can teachers handle issues like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more prolific there is a increasing desideratum to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Instructors and many other stakeholders need to better grasp these important new open education ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Universities want to perceive how these MOOC classes can be made better. In response to this developing desire for facts the book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also explores the major controversies associated with MOOC classes and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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