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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which discusses issues relevant to open education resources and massively open online courses. Modern advancements in blended learning are enabling humans in nations all around the world to take part in courses via the Internet. This MOOC book describes methods for making lectures more interesting and getting students more engaged in learning. MOOC courses are almost always free 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 subjects that online learning organizations are having to attend to in 2015 because online education technology is improving so rapidly. How can participants make sure that the teaching provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can learners make sure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online classes? What different business models are being used by organizations like British Virgin Islands to conduct these MOOC classes? What teaching practices and evaluation strategies are optimal? How can organizations handle problems like inadequate student motivation and high learner attrition?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a developing desire to perceive how these massive open online courses are being conducted. Scientists and many other stakeholders want to gain a better understanding of the outcomes of these important new open education undertakings. Universities want to better understand how MOOCs can be improved. To handle this desire for facts the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these massive open courses and other open educational resource issues. This definitive new book also discusses the key controversies associated with these online MOOC courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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