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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates issues relating to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). The latest advances in blended learning make it possible for people in every nation on earth to take online courses. MOOCs are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that e-learning institutions must deal with today because distance learning technology is improving so fast. This book answers many questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education. How can institutions certify that the instruction provided by these MOOCs is decent? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What business models are being used by organizations like Denmark to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can educators manage inadequate learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As electronic educational technology becomes more procurable there is a increasing need to better understand how massive open online courses are being conducted. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to understand the outcomes of these fascinating new open educational experiments. Instructors want to grasp how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this expanding need for details the exciting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational topics. This definitive new book also deals with the controversies associated with these MOOCs and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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