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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which discusses topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent gains in e-learning are enabling students all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are typically 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 issues that elearning technology organizations are having to deal with now that learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed to teach massive open online courses? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford Online to conduct these massively open online courses? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can stakeholders get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As online education becomes more available there is a expanding demand to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders would like to better comprehend these compelling new open educational initiatives. Teachers want to know how massively open online courses can be improved. To satisfy this developing demand for facts MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational resource topics. This book also examines the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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