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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that discusses subjects relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in distance learning make it possible for humans in nations all around the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are almost always free for students but do not always lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are several subjects that blended learning organizations have to struggle with today because online learning technology is advancing so quickly. How can participants guarantee that the education provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can organizations ensure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by organizations like Singapore to conduct these MOOC courses? How can proper quality standards be consistently defined and maintained? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can stakeholders deal with low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As blended learning becomes more abundant there is a developing necessity to perceive how massive open online courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders would like to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open educational initiatives. Academics want to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this crescive desire for information the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open educational topics. This dramatic new book also deals with the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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