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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that reviews subjects having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Brand new improvements in distance learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to take courses online. These massive open online courses are usually 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 lot of topics that learning technology institutions are having to attend to in 2015 because elearning technology is improving so rapidly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality control for these MOOC classes is decent? How can learners be assured that teachers are properly credentialed to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Israel to conduct these MOOC classes? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can we deal with low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning becomes more widespread there is a demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders would like to gain more knowledge about the outcomes of these interesting new open educational undertakings. Intellectuals want to gain an understanding of how MOOC courses can be made better. To handle this developing desire for facts the stimulating new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open education resource subjects. This interesting new book also investigates the major controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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