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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that studies topics relating to open education resources (OERs) and massive open online courses (MOOC). Recent advances in digital education technology are empowering learners in all parts of the world to participate in courses via the Internet. These MOOC courses are usually free for learners 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 lot of subjects that e-learning technology organizations have to deal with today because e-learning technology is improving so quickly. How can teachers assure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is all right? How can organizations be assured that educators are properly credentialed to teach online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like United States to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations deal with poor motivation and high attrition?

As electronic educational technology becomes more commonplace there is a increasing necessity to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders would like to better understand the outcomes of these promising new open education initiatives. Public servants want to gain more knowledge about how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this desire for details the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOCs and other open educational subjects. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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