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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which researches issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New advancements in e-learning are enabling learners all over the world to take online courses. These massive open courses are commonly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few topics that learning technology organizations have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so fast. How can we assure that the quality of these MOOC courses is adequate? How can learners be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business strategies are being used by organizations like University of Virginia to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can participants handle issues like inadequate motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more commonplace there is a need to be aware of how massively open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other participants need to better perceive the outcomes of these interesting new open educational ventures. Scientists want to comprehend how MOOCs can be improved. In response to this demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This definitive new book also studies the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OERS). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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