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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which describes issues relevant to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Modern advances in blended learning have empowered people in every nation on earth to be participants in classes online. MOOCs are usually free for learners but do not always lead to formal accreditation. A MOOC is an online course which uses the Internet to provide open access and unlimited student participation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a lot of issues that learning technology organizations are struggling with in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions certify that the quality of these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can participants make sure that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Miriada X to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As e-learning becomes more abundant there is a expanding desideratum to better understand how these MOOC classes are being conducted. Scholars and numerous other stakeholders want to better grasp the outcomes of these open educational experiments. Students want to understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this developing need for facts the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education topics. This amazing new book also investigates the controversies associated with MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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