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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which deals with subjects relevant to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOC). New evolvements in blended learning technology enable people all over the world to take online classes. These MOOC courses are ordinarily free for students 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 a variety of topics that e-learning technology organizations are considering today because elearning technology is developing so rapidly. How can organizations ensure that the quality of instruction provided by these massive open online courses is acceptable? How can participants guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed and qualified to teach online MOOC courses? What strategies are being used by organizations like Stanford University to conduct these MOOC classes? What original teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can institutions deal with the issues of poor student motivation and high student attrition?

As online learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding desideratum to gain more knowledge about how massively open online courses are being conducted. Educators and lots of other stakeholders need to better perceive these compelling new open educational undertakings. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these massively open online courses can be enhanced. To respond to this need for facts the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource subjects. This book also describes the controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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