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MOOCs and Open Education is a book which studies subjects related to open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Brand new gains in distance learning technology have enabled students all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These massive open courses are mostly free for learners 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 numerous issues that online education institutions have to deal with now that online education technology is developing so rapidly. How can participants guarantee that the training provided by these massively open online courses is adequate? How can stakeholders be assured that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like University of Utah to conduct these massive open online courses? What teaching practices and assessment strategies are optimal? How can organizations get a handle on poor motivation and high student attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing desire to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs are being conducted. Public servants and many other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these significant new open educational endeavours. Everyone wants to better understand how massive open online courses can be enhanced. To handle this expanding desire for facts the gripping new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This interesting new book also discusses the key controversies associated with massive open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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