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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which talks about subjects regarding open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Brand new advancements in online education are providing the means for people all over the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. These online MOOCs are normally 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 many subjects that e-learning technology institutions are having to struggle with in 2015 because online education technology is developing so swiftly. How can we be assured that the training provided by these massively open online courses is tolerable? How can learners guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach massively open online courses? What business models are being used by institutions like University of Central Florida to conduct these massive open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are in use today? How can institutions handle issues like inadequate motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a growing demand to better understand how these MOOCs are being conducted. Lecturers and many other stakeholders need to better grasp the outcomes of these new open education experiments. Corporations want to better understand how MOOC courses can be enhanced. To respond to this demand for details the dramatic new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massive open online courses and other open educational issues. This authoritative new book also deals with the controversies associated with these massive open courses and open educational resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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