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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about topics having to do with open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. New changes in learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOCs are almost always free 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 a lot of subjects that learning technology organizations have to consider in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can we guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What strategies are being used by institutions like Coursera to conduct these MOOC courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage low motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As technology-enhanced learning becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to be aware of how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Lecturers and numerous other participants would like to better comprehend the outcomes of these intriguing new open education experiments. Professors want to know how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this expanding need for information the new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education topics. This book also considers the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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