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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that researches topics regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses. Recent improvements in online education technology are enabling people in all parts of the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are customarily free but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few subjects that technology-enhanced learning organizations are having to consider in 2015 because distance learning technology is advancing so swiftly. How can teachers guarantee that the quality of instruction provided by these massively open online courses is satisfactory? How can organizations guarantee that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these MOOC classes? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can teachers manage issues like low motivation and high student attrition?

As online education becomes more procurable there is a growing desideratum to understand how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and many other stakeholders need to better understand these fascinating new open educational ventures. Instructors want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this crescive demand for facts the sensational new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these online MOOC courses and other open education topics. This definitive new book also describes the most important controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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