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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that deals with issues relevant to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOCs). New evolvements in e-learning are providing the means for people in all parts of the world to take part in courses via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. MOOCs are customarily free but do not consistently 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 elearning technology organizations have to struggle with in 2015 because blended learning technology is advancing so rapidly. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is decent? How can organizations guarantee that teachers are properly credentialed to teach classes online? What strategies are being used by institutions like Udemy to conduct these massive open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations handle issues like poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As elearning becomes more widespread there is a growing need to gain a better understanding of how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Corporations and many other stakeholders desire to better perceive the outcomes of these promising new open education undertakings. Everybody wants to know how MOOCs can be improved. To meet this developing demand for information the thrilling new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open educational resource issues. This amazing new book also describes the most important controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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