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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates subjects related to open education resources (OER) and massive open online courses (MOOCs). Recent developments in e-learning technology have enabled people in every nation on earth to take part in classes via the Internet. Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) allow an unlimited number of learners in a single class. These MOOC courses are free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many topics that distance learning institutions have to struggle with now that elearning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations ensure that the quality of these MOOC classes is tolerable? How can institutions guarantee that educators are properly credentialed to teach online courses? What different business strategies are being used by institutions like Marshall Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and experimental assessment strategies are optimal? How can participants manage poor learner motivation and high student dropout rates?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing need to be aware of how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scientists and numerous other stakeholders desire to better understand these interesting new open education experiments. Universities want to better understand how massively open online courses can be made better. In response to this crescive need for details the interesting new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open educational resource topics. This dramatic new book also examines the key controversies associated with these MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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