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MOOCs and Open Education is a edited collection which explores subjects relating to open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). The latest changes in learning technology are providing the means for students all over the world to take part in classes online. Massive open online courses are normally free but do not lead to formal accreditation. Keeping thousands of students motivated and involved in a course is difficult for an instructor. This MOOCs book describes the best practices in blended learning based on decades of research. There are many issues that online education institutions have to consider today because distance learning technology is advancing so fast. How can organizations assure that the schooling provided by these MOOC courses is tolerable? How can we guarantee that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What business models are being used by organizations like Bowling Green State University to conduct these massively open online courses? What experimental teaching practices and assessment strategies are in use today? How can stakeholders deal with the problems of poor motivation and high dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more prolific there is a expanding demand to grasp how these massively open online courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants need to understand the outcomes of these important new open educational experiments. Corporations want to know how MOOCs can be enhanced. To respond to this increasing demand for details the inspiring new book MOOCs and Open Education offers a critical analysis of these MOOC classes and other open education topics. This intriguing new book also articulates the key controversies associated with these massive online courses and OERS. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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