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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that deals with subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massive open online courses. The latest advances in e-learning technology have empowered humans all over the world to participate in classes online. These massive online courses are usually 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 a variety of issues that online learning technology organizations are dealing with in 2015 because blended learning technology is improving so quickly. How can institutions be assured that the quality of education provided by these massively open online courses is acceptable? How can we be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Sweden to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can institutions handle poor student motivation and high attrition?

As digital elearning technology becomes more commonplace there is a demand to be aware of how MOOCs are being conducted. Professors and lots of other stakeholders need to understand the outcomes of these open education endeavours. Universities want to know how MOOCs can be made better. To satisfy this increasing desire for data the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of MOOC courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also analyzes the controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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