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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that analyzes subjects pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massive open online courses. The latest advances in online learning enable students in all parts of the world to take online courses. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These massive open online courses are customarily free but do not always lead to formal accreditation. It is a challenge to motivate and engage students in online environments. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are a variety of issues that e-learning technology organizations are considering more than ever because elearning technology is developing so fast. How can teachers guarantee that the instruction provided by these massively open online courses is decent? How can participants be assured that teachers are properly credentialed and qualified for online teaching? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like The University of Chicago to conduct these MOOCs? What experimental evaluation strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations deal with the issues of poor learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As blended learning technology becomes more prolific there is a demand to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Instructors and numerous other stakeholders want to understand these interesting new open educational undertakings. Corporations want to gain an understanding of how these massively open online courses can be made better. To respond to this desire for data the amazing new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This scholarly new book also investigates the key controversies associated with MOOC courses and open education resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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