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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches subjects related to open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent changes in online learning have enabled people all around the world to be participants in online courses. MOOC courses are normally free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are numerous topics that elearning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because elearning technology is advancing so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOCs is satisfactory? How can organizations make sure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOC classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Johns Hopkins University to conduct these MOOC classes? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage low student motivation and high dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing need to better understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants need to better perceive these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be made better. To handle this need for details MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOCs and other open education resource issues. This definitive new book also considers the major controversies associated with these massive online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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