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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that articulates issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest improvements in online education are enabling people in every nation on earth to be participants in courses online. These massive open courses are ordinarily free for learners 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 quite a few issues that blended learning organizations are dealing with today because elearning technology is improving so swiftly. How can stakeholders certify that the quality of teaching provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can institutions be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business models are being used by organizations like Udacity to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and innovative assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders manage problems like poor student motivation and high learner attrition?

As digital learning becomes more widespread there is a expanding need to be aware of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Universities and lots of other stakeholders would like to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how these MOOC courses can be improved. To meet this developing desire for data the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education subjects. This thrilling new book also addresses the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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