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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection that investigates topics pertaining to open educational resources (OERs) and massively open online courses. New advances in blended learning technology have provided the means for people all around the world to take classes online. MOOC classes are mostly free for students 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 many issues that distance learning organizations must deal with in 2015 because e-learning technology is improving so fast. How can we guarantee that the training provided by these MOOCs is respectable? How can stakeholders guarantee that lecturers are properly credentialed to teach online? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Netherlands Antilles to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental assessment strategies and teaching practices are in use today? How can organizations get a handle on low learner motivation and high student attrition?

As blended learning technology becomes more widespread there is a need to gain more knowledge about how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Academics and many other stakeholders would like to better grasp these important new open education endeavours. Public servants want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. In response to this developing demand for data the scholarly new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education resource subjects. This definitive new book also analyzes the key controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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