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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which considers subjects regarding open educational resources (OER) and massively open online courses (MOOC). Recent gains in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take courses via the Internet. These online MOOC courses are free for learners but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are quite a few issues that elearning institutions have to struggle with in 2015 because online learning technology is developing so fast. How can organizations guarantee that the quality of these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can stakeholders ensure that educators are properly credentialed and qualified to teach massive open online courses? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of Houston System to conduct these massive open online courses? What evaluation strategies and experimental teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations deal with low student motivation and high attrition?

As digital learning technology becomes more available there is a necessity to understand how these MOOC courses are being conducted. The open educational resources movement was the inspiration for the first MOOCs. Trainers and lots of other participants desire to be more aware of the outcomes of these significant new open educational experiments. Everyone wants to gain more knowledge about how these MOOCs can be enhanced. To satisfy this developing need for knowledge the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open educational issues. This definitive new book also describes the major controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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