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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that describes issues having to do with open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. New gains in blended learning technology are providing the means for learners all around the world to participate in classes online. Massively open online courses are ordinarily 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 a variety of issues that online education institutions have to struggle with more than ever because online learning technology is improving so quickly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can we assure that the quality of instruction provided by these MOOC classes is good? How can stakeholders be assured that instructors are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like One Month to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can participants deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As electronic education technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Universities and many other participants would like to better understand these important new open educational ventures. Trainers want to better understand how these massive open online courses can be enhanced. In response to this developing demand for knowledge MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational subjects. This stimulating new book also studies the major controversies associated with these online MOOCs and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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